Ensemble studios was a very impressive studio back in the day but they were good at RTS games and they never grew with the genre. Their skills were good enough for console RTS games (like Halo Wars) so it's a shame that Microsoft took them down, I still think it's a very EA thing to do. If the next AOE is going to compete with moder PC RTS games then the license is better off in another studios hands but if it's for the 360 or Natal then the old simple AOE gameplay would be perfect and ending Ensemble Studios gets even worse.







